Combined paper-weight and pencil-sharpener



(No Model.)

G. W BEEBE. COMBINED PAPER WEIGHT AND PENCIL SHARPENEB.

No. 597,370. Patented Jan. 11,1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GAYLORD WV. BEEBE, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

COMBINED PAPER-WEIGHT AND- PENCiL-SHARPENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,370, dated January11, 1898.

Application filed July 29, 1396. Serial No. 600,859, (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GAYLORD WV. BEEBE, of Minneapo1is,Hennepin county,Minnesota, have invented a certain new and Improved CombinedPaper-Veight and Pencil-Sharpener, of which the following isaspecification.

My invention relates to combined means for holding paper and sharpeningpencils.

The invention relates particularly to a penoil-sharpener, thepaper-weight being used as a convenient means of keeping the sharpenerin sight on the desk and to bear various advertisements.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap and durablepencil-sharpener which will especially recommend itself by itssimplicity and for the length of time during which the knife willremain'sharp and ready for use.

The further object of the invention is to combine a pencil-sharpenerwith a paperweight both for convenience and for advertising purposes.

The invention consists generally in a paper-weight or block having ahole into which the end of the pencil may be inserted and terminating ina cone or taper and said block having a surface cutting into the taperportion of the bore or hole and having a ledge guide or shoulder, incombination with a long knife sharpened upon one edge and backingagainst said ledge, the edge of said knife extending over the openinginto said bore, and means for binding the knife upon said surface.

The invention further consists in particular details of construction andof combinations, all as hereinafter described, and particularly pointedout in the claims.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and inwhich-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combined pencil-sharpenerand paper-weight embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section onthe plane indicated by the lines :5 an of Fig. 1. Fig; 3 is a transversevertical section upon the plane indicated in the lines y y.

In the drawings the block or paper-weight portion of the device ispreferably of an elongated form to permit the use of a long knife orcutter-bar. The block is a light casting and on the underside isprovided with the recess 2, the walls 3, 4:, 5, 6, and 7 of which areutilized for advertising, printed pasters being applied thereto. Thegreater part of the block comprises the raised flat portion 4, the topof which is parallel with the bottom of the block and is devoted to amore permanent and durable advertisement, desirable words, characters,or designs being etched or cast therein. About a third of the block inwidth is utilized for the pencil-sharpening device, which comprises along blade 9, resting upon the upper surface of the base and held inposition by the clamping-screws 10. The edge of the block occupied bythe pen cil-sharpener attachment is cut away or depressed the entirelength of the block, and its surface has the recess 14, wedge-shaped inform, so that the blade 9 as it rests upon the surface of the block isinclined longitudinally and held at a uniform distance from thepenoil-opening. In one end of the block, beneath the blade 9, I providethe horizontal hole or opening 11, having a tapering inner end whichcomes to the surface of the recessed portion of the block at a pointwhere the end of the pencil will be brought into contact with the edgeof the blade 9. The opening in the surface of the block leading to thehole 11 is the same length as the tapering portion. The knife 9 is madeof thin bar-steel, and the inner edge thereof is finely sharpened. Therear edge 12 is straight and butts or backs against the straight edge 13of the recessed or depressed portion in the inclined surface. The screws10 have Wide bases or flanges which project out over the knife 9, andthe knife is of a greater thickness than the height of the slightshoulder or ledge 13, so that the bases of the screws will turn downfirmly on the top of the knife to hold the same in position. Thewedge-shaped recesses 14, before spoken of, in the top of the inclinedsurface of the block, preferably project beneath the corner 17 of theblock, so that when the knife is moved down the lower end will beconcealed. By this means also it is possible to accommodate the knifewithina small space measured across the top of the block. When the partof the knife within the opening becomes dull, the screws are loosenedand the knife is moved down a short distance. An entire length of theknife may be thus used until the lower end of the knife approaches theend 18 of the block. The knife may be easily sharpened upon anoil-stone, and as only one edge is sharp it may be grasped firmly in thehand when out of the paper-weight. The depression of the sharpenerportion of the top of the block also carries the top of the screws intothe level of the surface at, so that a number of weights may be piledone on the other as required in packing.

I prefer to make the base of su fficient length so that any portion ofthe knife-blade can be adjusted opposite the hole and the whole cuttingedge of the blade utilized without extending the knife beyond the end ofthe base, where it would be likely to cut the fingers of any onehandling the device.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. In a device of the class described,thecombination, with the base provided with a depressed portion havingan inclined upper upon said inclined surface, the pencil-hole 11provided in said base and coming to the surface in said recess, theledge 13 provided on said depressed portion and forming a guide for theknife, and the binding screw or screws 10 provided in said ledge, andhaving flanges or bases extending over said knife, substantially asdescribed,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of July,A. D. 1896.

GAYLORD W. BEEBE.

In presence of C. G. HAWLEY, RICHARD PAUL.

